Request for Proposals for the Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project: ESCCRP Shady Rest – Forest Health 2026 Project
Overview:
The Whitebark Institute (WBI) is seeking timber contractors (Contractors) to implement forest health treatments including mechanical thinning to support the Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project (ESCCRP): ESCCRP Shady Rest – Forest Health 2026 Units Project (Project), in Mammoth Lakes, CA on Inyo National Forest (INF) lands. This Project includes 557 acres and will require the removal of forest products from the Project area.
The primary goal of the Project is to improve stand health – i.e., reduce forest density and improve residual tree vigor – and enhance community wildfire resilience by removing select live trees up to 30 inches diameter at breast height (DBH) and reducing the density of snags and surface fuel loads. Contractors will be responsible for the removal and hauling of merchantable material from the Project area to a final destination. Non-merchantable material will be piled or otherwise processed on-site and left within the Project area.
Responses to this Request for Proposals (RFP) are due no later than 5:00PM (PDT) on January 20, 2026, via email to sarah@whitebarkInstitute.org
Previous RFPs
OVERVIEW
Whitebark Institute (WBI) is seeking timber contractors to implement forest health treatments including overstory and understory thinning services to support the Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project (ESCCRP): ESCCRP Shady Rest – Forest Health 2026 Units Project (Project). The Project includes 557 acres in Mammoth Lakes, CA on Inyo National Forest (INF) lands. The purpose of the Pre-Request for Proposals (Pre-RFP) is to allow Contractors to see the Project prior to the area being covered in snow.
The primary goal of the Project is to improve stand health – i.e., reduce forest density and improve residual tree vigor – and enhance community wildfire resilience by removing select live trees up to 30 inches diameter at breast height (DBH) and reducing the density of snags and surface fuel loads. Contractors will be responsible for the removal and hauling of merchantable material from the Project area to a final destination. Non-merchantable material will be piled or otherwise processed on-site and left within the Project area.
Note: A field trip to visit the Project sites is scheduled for Friday, October 10, 2025, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, weather permitting.
Please RSVP for this site visit to ESCCRP Project Manager Sarah Hoff sarah@whitebarkInstitute.org by October 8, 2025.
PRE-REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Shady Rest
APPENDIX B: Spec Table (Draft)